[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-121":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","No Money, What Cultivation?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},163470,323,"Chapter 121: Scheduling conflicts","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-121",121,"\u003Cp>In the resting area of White Dragon High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan was at this moment staring at the rankings on the sky pillar, especially the first-place name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured inwardly: \"Zhang Yu, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder Senior Sister Li valued him back then. Although in the end he was eliminated in the disciple selection, he does have his merits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Song Hailong beside him and thought: \"I could switch to a different training partner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Song Hailong seemed to sense Yu Xinghan's gaze. He looked at the retreating figure, then turned his eyes back to the name on the sky pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the first-place Zhang Yu, he murmured inwardly: \"Maybe I should switch to a different training partner too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of regret even welled up in Song Hailong's heart. He thought that he shouldn't have quit being Zhang Yu's training partner earlier—maybe then he could have witnessed step by step how Zhang Yu transformed into the level he was at today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the resting area of Songyang High School, amid everyone's surprised gazes, Yu Xinghan walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Yu had defeated him this time, Yu Xinghan's dominant performance in the first three rounds of the competition was still deeply etched in their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as the students of Songyang High School saw Yu Xinghan up close, they were even forced to retreat repeatedly by the aura of the Golden Core disciple and top of White Dragon High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl beside He Dayou whispered: \"Isn't it a custom at White Dragon High School to kneel? Should we kneel to welcome him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What nonsense are you talking!\" another male student said. \"This is Ziyun High School. Do you know the etiquette for greeting the top of the grade here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to bear the sight of these two compatriots groveling before a White Dragon student, He Dayou said coldly: \"This is Songyang High School's resting area. The ground under your feet belongs to Songyang High School. At most, we'll give this White Dragon guy a bow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself: \"A bunch of useless trash.\" It was up to her, the fifth-place finisher in the sports competition, to step forward and communicate with Yu Xinghan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked up to Yu Xinghan and asked: \"What do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan glanced at her and said flatly: \"Want to add me as a friend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen was slightly stunned. This guy came to add her as a friend? Didn't look like it—this Golden Core disciple really liked making friends?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she, Bai Zhenzhen, also liked making friends, she immediately said: \"One friend slot costs 500.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it.\" Yu Xinghan put away his newly changed phone and said flatly: \"Actually, I'm not that eager to add you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen quickly said: \"Then 100! Will 100 work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yu Xinghan voluntarily take out his phone to add her again, Bai Zhenzhen was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This guy really is a Golden Core disciple, a rich person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time Bai Zhenzhen had seen a rich person haggle with her over a few hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came over mainly to see Zhang Yu.\" Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu, who was still resting on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan was not someone who was born invincible and had never seen anyone stronger than himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, even when facing an opponent weaker than himself, sometimes there were things worthy of learning and reflection on their part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take his recent training partner Song Hailong, for example. That indomitable, upright spirit was something he should take as a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It constantly reminded him not to get too cocky just because he was top of the grade, and not to abandon one of martial arts' greatest specialties—sneak attacks—for the sake of worthless pride or dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, besides learning, there was another important reason for inviting Song Hailong as a training partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that reason was a secret belonging to Yu Xinghan, known only to him alone under heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just in terms of learning, the Zhang Yu before him had even more worth learning from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That kind of superb, miraculous physical technique...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really want to learn it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to learn it and beat him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu as if he were a feast full of knowledge, wanting to devour him bit by bit, turning him into nourishment to become even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Yu Xinghan said to Zhang Yu: \"Train with me. I'll pay you 6000 per hour. Deal or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's eyes flickered. Although prize money and endorsement fees were coming in soon, no one in Kunxu ever thought they had too much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu asked: \"What kind of training?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yü Xinghan rubbed his chin and said while thinking, \"It's... combat training. Just do your best to defeat me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"Fifteen thousand per hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yü Xinghan: \"At most seven thousand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"Seven thousand is impossible. At the very least, twelve thousand. I can't be lower than Song Hailong, can I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu still remembered that Song Hailong had worked as a sparring partner for Yü Xinghan, and that was ten thousand per hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yü Xinghan said helplessly, \"Then eleven thousand. That's the highest I'll go. If you don't take it, I'm leaving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the other turn and walk away, Zhang Yu quickly said, \"Alright, alright, eleven thousand it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Yü Xinghan left, he had already added Zhang Yu as a friend and agreed to come to White Dragon High School next time for combat training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, as his phone vibrated, Yü Xinghan opened it and saw it was Li Xuelian calling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering how she had asked him to report the weight for the final round, Yü Xinghan smiled slightly and answered the call: \"Senior Sister Li, you must have seen the competition results?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuelian did not dwell on the final round. In her view, it was pure accident—no one could have predicted that Zhang Yu would achieve such a result at that stage, and her previous judgment had been completely correct. But when it came to Zhang Yu as an individual... he surprised her a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the moment, Li Xuelian had no interest in discussing these matters with Yü Xinghan. She said bluntly, \"The contract has been adjusted. From now on, the advertisements and endorsements will involve both you and Zhang Yu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After going over the contract matters, Li Xuelian was about to hang up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then Yü Xinghan suddenly said, \"Senior Sister Li, I want to have Zhang Yu train with me. He has many qualities worth learning and absorbing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yü Xinghan said nervously, \"I discussed with him a fee of fifteen thousand per hour. Do you think you can approve it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Golden Core disciple, Yü Xinghan could be said to be both very wealthy and very poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wealthy, because Starfire True Person and Li Xuelian had invested countless resources in him, enough to make many wealthy students in Songyang City envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor, because every expense he incurred required Li Xuelian's approval, and his monthly discretionary allowance was only five thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This state of being both poor and rich was precisely the reason he had initially refused Bai Zhenzhen's friend slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Bai Zhenzhen's friend slot cost five hundred, which Li Xuelian probably wouldn't approve—that was too expensive for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also another reason he had previously hired Song Hailong as a sparring partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At one glance \u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his chance to embezzle tuition fees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifteen thousand?\" Li Xuelian recalled Zhang Yu's performance for a moment, then said calmly, \"Fine. Remember to record each payment and the process of your sparring, and report it to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yü Xinghan understood—this was to prevent him from falsely reporting tutoring fees and hours, embezzling while on duty. He had his own ways to deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Li Xuelian became somewhat curious about the outcome of the sparring between Yü Xinghan and Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Yü Xinghan had been trained by Starfire True Person for so long. In Li Xuelian's view, he was definitely far ahead of Zhang Yu in terms of actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...But this Zhang Yu really does have things worth Yü Xinghan learning from. Fifteen thousand is well worth it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, perhaps I should have signed this Zhang Yu as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she told Starfire True Person the results of the physical competition and her thoughts, she received a reply from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starfire True Person said with some regret, \"That Zhang Yu seems quite good. I underestimated him a bit back then. If I'd had more resources, I really should have signed him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But since the resources we have are only enough to train one disciple, we can only choose the one with the most outstanding talent and potential.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, Xuelian. The past is the past. Don't worry about gains and losses, just adding to your troubles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rest area of Songyang High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu had just settled the sparring arrangement with Yü Xinghan when he received another sparring request from Song Hailong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could finish negotiating the price with Song Hailong, he received a message from Le Mulan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan: \"Can I ask you to practice ground combat with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu suddenly felt a kind of hot, bustling busyness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed, \"Sigh, I have so many lessons I can't schedule them all, and I can't make enough money either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White Zhenzhen, who had been watching Zhang Yu reply to messages, said upon seeing this, \"Yu Zi, if you can't cover the lessons, I can substitute for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not the same as the me from two months ago during the Martial Arts Tournament anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's gaze flickered as he thought of White Zhenzhen's result—fifth place this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, White Zhenzhen's results and pace of improvement were already very fast and astonishing. If she had a good background, then as long as she kept it up through sophomore and junior year, she'd definitely make it into the Top Ten in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, because of her status as a poor person, she needed even higher standards to get into the Top Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Zhen's rate of improvement is a bit slower compared to mine, but it's even faster than Song Hailong's and Le Mulan's progress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem at all for her to be a sparring partner for Le Mulan and Song Hailong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu knew that A Zhen really needed this money too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once she has money, A Zhen's improvement can be faster, and then in the future she can get into the Top Ten together with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about entering the Top Ten together with A Zhen, a shadow of gloom rose again in Zhang Yu's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still remembered that back then, Sister's requirement was for the two of them to take first and second place in the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Yu Xinghan, Song Hailong, Le Mulan... each one is more competitive than the last, each one more freakish. He didn't know how A Zhen's current competition results would affect her chances of getting into the Top Ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll ask Sister tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That same evening, shortly after the tournament ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu, White Zhenzhen, and Zhang Pianpian met under the bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three stood by the riverbank and chatted casually for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the babbling water before them, Zhang Pianpian suddenly asked a question: \"Zhang Yu, if you were given the chance to go up to the Second Layer together with me in two months, would you be willing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1939,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","7117069e639caa5fe60177af239cd5e6759f5ae394c4a7fe39fe7dc16d00042b","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-122","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-120",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]